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DEEDS OF DARKNESS. 



An Intellectual, Farcical, Musical, Fantastical, Tragical, Vocal, In- 
strumental, Lyrical, Moral, and Laughable 
Ethiopian Extravaganza, 



IN ONE ACT. 



By HARRY MACARTHY, 

Author of *^ Barney^ s Courtship ; or, Mollie Dear. 



AS PRODUCED AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 26, 1867. 



TO WHICH AKE ADDED, 

A Description of the Costvunes -Cast of the Characters— Entrances 

and Exits— Relative Positions of the Performers on the 

Stage and the whole of the Stage Business. 




Ne-w York, 

ROBERT M. DE ^WITT, PUBLISHER, 

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BE WITT'S ETHIOPUH ^ COMIC DHAMAS, 

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been printed as those that appear in the following list. Not only are the idiots excellent, the 
characters droll, the incidents funny, the language humorous, but all the situations, by-play, 
2iOsitiom, pantoinimic business, scenery and tncks are so i^luinly set down, and clearly ex- 
plained, that the mero.st novice could put any of them on the stage. Included in this catalogue 
are all the most laughable and elective ineces of their class ever produced. 

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African Box, burlesque, 2 scenes. . . 5 
Black Chap from Whitechapel, 1 s. 4 

Black Chemist, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Black Ey'd William, 2 scenes 4 

Bruised and Cured, sketch, 1 scene. 2 

Big Mistake, sketch, 1 scene 4 

Bad Whiskey, sketch, 1 scene 2 

Baby Elenhant, sketch, 2 scenes. . . 7 

Bogus Inaian, sketch, 4 scenes 5 

Barney's Courtship, Irish, 1 scene. 1 
Bogus Talking Machine, Dutch 4 
Coal Reavers' Revenge, 1 scene.. 6 

Cremation, sketch, 2 scenes 8 

Daguerreotypes, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Draft (The), sketch, 1 act, 2 scenes. 6 

Damon and Pythias, 2 scenes 5 

Darkey's Stratagem, sketch, 1 act. . 3 
Dutchman's Ghost, sketch, 1 scene. 4 

Dutch Justice, sketch, 1 scene 11 

Eh ? What is it ? sketch, 1 .scene. . . 4 

Excise Trials, sketch, 1 scene 10 

Editor's Troubles, farce, in 1 scene. . 6 
Elopement (The), farce, 2 scenes. . . 4 
Fellow That Looks Like Me, Is.... 2 
Fisherman's Luck, sketch, 1 scene. 2 
First Night, Dutch sketch, 4 scenes 4 

Ghost (The), sketch, 1 scene 2 

Glycerine Oil, sketch, 2 scenes 3 

Going for the Cup, interlude, 1 scene 4 

Ghost in a Pawnshop, 1 scene 4 

Guide to the f ;ige, sketch. 1 scene. 3 
Getting Squt; on Call Boy, 1 scene 3 
Good Night' (est, sketch, 1 scene 3 
German Em ^rant, sketch, 1 scene. 3 

Gripsack, sketch, 1 scene 

Hemmed In, sketch, 1 scene 

Hard Times, extravaganza, 1 scene 
High Jack, the Heeler, 1 scene., 

Happy Couple, sketch, 1 scene 

Hippotheatron, s.vetch, 1 scene 9 

In and Out, sketch, 1 scene 2 

Jealous Husband, sketch, 1 scene 2 

Julius the Snoozer, 3 scenes 7 

Last of the Mohic ms, 1 scene.... 3 

Live Injun, sketch, 4 scenes 4 

Laughing Gas, sketch, 1 scene b 

Lucky Job, farce, 2 scenes 3 

Lost Will, sketch,! scene 4 

Lunatic (The), sketch, 1 scene 3 

Mutton Trial, sketch, 2 scenes. ..... 4 

Malicious Trespass, sketch, 1 scene. 3 



3 1 

5 1 
6 

2 1 



No. 

44. 

9(j. 
101. 

49. 

22. 

27. 

30. 

76. 
9. 

57. 

65. 

6iJ. 

87. 

91. 

92. 

14. 

26. 

45. 

55. 

81. 

is! 

15. 
80. 
84. 
21. 
16. 
38. 
46. 
56. 
59. 
69. 
72. 
74. 
100. 
102. 

5. 

2. 
34. 
47. 
54. 
28. 
62. 
29. 
32. 
39. 
75. 
93. 
97. 
99. 
85. 



Musical Servant, sketch, 1 scene... 3 
Midnight Intruder (,The), 1 scene. . 6 

Molly Moriarty, Irish, 1 scene 1 

Night in a Strange Hotel, 1 scene .... 2 
Obeying Orders, sketch, 1 scene... 2 

100th Night of Hamlet, 1 scene 7 

One Night in a Bar Room, 1 scene 
One, Two, Three, sketch, 1 scene. . 

Policy Players, sketch, 1 scene 

Pompey's Patients, 2 scenes- 

Porter's Troubles, sketch, 1 scene.. 6 
Port Wine vs. Jealousy, 1 scene.. 2 
Pete the Peddlar, sketch, 1 scene . . 2 
Painter's Apprentice (The), 1 s ene 5 

Polar Bear (The.) farce, 1 scene 5 

Recruiting Office, sketch, 2 scenes. 5 

Rival Tenants, sketch, 1 scene 4 

Remittance from Home, 1 scene. . . (i 

Rigging a Purchase, 1 scene 2 

Rival Artists, sketch, 1 scene y 

Stupid Servant, sketch, 1 scene L' 

Streets of New York, sketch, 1 scene U 

Sam's Courtship, farce, 1 scene 2 

Scenes on the Mississippi, 2 scenes. 6 
Serenade (The), .sketch, 2 scenes. . . 7 

Scampini, pantomime, 2 scenes 6 

Storming tne Fort, sketch, 1 scene. 5 
Siamese Twins, sketch, 2 scenes. . . 5 

Slippery Day, sketch, 1 scene 6 

Stage Struck Couple (The), 1 scene. 2 
Sausage Makers (The), skfetch, 2 s. . 5 
Squire for a Day, sketch, 1 scene. . . 5 

Stranger (The), sketch, 1 scene 1 

Sleepwalker (The), sketch, 2 scenes 3 
Three Chiefs (The), sketch, 2 scenes 6 

Three, A. M.. sketch, 1 scene 3 

Two Black Roses (The), sketch. ... 4 

Tricks, sketch, 2 scenes 5 

Three Strings to One Bow, 1 scene. 4 
Take It. Don't Take It, sketch, 1 s. 2 

Them Papers, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Uncle Eph's Dream, sketch, 2 s ... 3 
Vinegar Bitters, sketch, one scene. 6 
Who Died First, sketch, 1 scene. . . 3 
Wake up, William Henry, 1 scene . . 3 
Wanted, a Nurse, sketch, 1 scene. . 5 
Weston the Walkist, Dutch 1 scene 7 
What Shall I Take ? sketch, 2 scenes 8 
Who's the Actor ? farce, 1 scene. . . 4 
Wrong Woman in the Right Place 3 
Young Scamp (The), sketch, 1 scene 3 



DEEDS OF DARKNESS. 

AN INTELLECTUAL, FARCICAL, MUSICAL, FANTASTICAL, TKAGICAL, 

TOCAL, INSTRU3IENTAL, LYRICAL, MORAL AND LAUGHABLE 

ETHIOPIAN EXTRATAGANZA, IN ONE ACT, 

V 

By HARRY MACARTHY, 

AUTHOR OF 
" Bameyfs Courtship ; or, Mollie Deary 

A3 PRODUCED AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, APBIL 26TH, 1867. 

TO WHICH ARE ADDED 

A DESCRIPTION OF THE COSTUMES — CAST OF THE CHARACTERS — ENTRANCES 

AND EXITS — RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PERFORMERS 

ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE OP 

THE STAGE BUSINESS. 



ROBERT M. r>E WITT, PUBLISHER, 

No. 33 Ros^ Street. 



Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876, by Robert M. De Witt, in 
the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. 



2 DEEDS OF DARKNESS. WV \ V "-^ 

CAST OF CHARACTERS. ^ ^ 

As produced at the Academy of Music, New Orleans, April 2&th, 1867. 

Ikey Pyke (a gentleman of dark complexion, sometimes called 

an unbleached American citizen) Mr. Harhy Macarthy 

Jake Brummel (an elderly darkey, in the whitewashing line). 

Mr. Billy Reives 
Dandy Pete (a barber, darkly in love with Miss Dinah). 

Mr. James Collins 

Joe (a tinker of the darkest order) Mr, Billy Carter 

Tom (who blacks boots, still darker) Mr. Luke Schoolcraft 

Sam (a dark wood-cutter) Mr. Tony 

Dinah (the dark daughter of a dark sire — engaged in dark- 
ness to be married to another darkey).. Mrs. Lottie Estblle Macarthy 
The rest of the characters are all so dark that thcv cannot bo seen. 



TIME OF REPRESENTATION— TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES. 



SCENERY. 
Scene I — Landscape in 4th grooves ; set Cottage r, 3 e. 
Scene II. — Chamber in 1st grooves. 
Scene III. — Kitchen in 3d grooves; set Closet l. 2 e. 
Scene IY, — Chamber in 1st grooves. 
Scene V. — Same as Scene I. 

COAS^rra/^^— Modern. 
PROPERTIES. 

Scene I. — Black Bottle for Pete ; Whitewash Bucket and Brush for Ikey ; 
Split Cane for Brummel; String for Dinah r. 3 e. 

Scene II. — Chair l. 1 e. /or Ikey. 

Scene III. — Table with Blanket and Ironing Materials c. ; two Chairs l. 
and R. ; Flour Barrel with half the side cut out ^ ; Pitcher of Sawdust on the 
Table ; Paper of Flour in the Barrel r. 2 e. 

Scene IV. — Black Bottle for Ikey l. 1 e. 

Scene V. — Large Pistol loaded; Nightgoum and Cap for Ikey r. 3 e.; 
Basin of Flour for Dinah ii. 3 e. ; short Ladder for Pete l. 1 e. ; Night- 
gown and Gap for Brummel r. 3 e. 

MUSIC CUES. 

1 St. — Opening Chorus loith Banjo, Bones and Tambourine. 

2d. — "To Eat and Drink " — Song and Donee by Company. 

3d. — " Father-in-Law " — Dud — Ikey and Brummel. 

4th. — " Out of My "Way " — Quartette — Pete, Dinah. Brummel and Ikey. 

5th. — " Havp Some Fun" — Banjo Solo— Ikey. 

Gth. — " I'his is too Bad " — Chord — " The Sabre of my Sire." 

7th. — " Oh, I guess not!" — Song and Dime — Ikey. 

8th. — "Asleep by this Time " — Serenade by Company. 

9th. — ''And Watch E'm" — Laughing Chorus — Company. 
10th. — " Stolen My Daughter " — Hurry till all on Stage. 
11th.—" Let's all be Happy ''—Chorus—'' Dinah's Wedding." 

S(W Music in " Deeds of Dakkness." Published, and can be got at any Music 
Store : 1. "Gay is the Life of a Colored Man." 2. " The May Pole." 3. "Dearest 
Dinah." 4. " The Sabre of My Sire." 5. " The Laughing Chorus." 6. "Dinah's 
Wedding." 



DEEDS OF DAEKKESS. 



Scene. I. — Landscape in Uh grooves; Set Cottage R. 3 E. ; Music for 
opening chorus; Pete, Joe, Tom, Sam and others discovered with 
Banjo, Bones, Tambourine. 

CHORUS. 

Gay is the life of a colored man, {Banjo, hones, <fcc.) 
He's bound to be happy as long as he can. {Banjo, hones, &c.) 
To eat and to drink and the banjo to play, {Banjo, hones, &c.) 
Singing and dancing all night and all day; {Banjo, bones, (&c.) 

Then strike up the banjo and rattle the bones, 
And let the tambourine play ; 

Strike up the banjo and rattle the bones, 
"We darkies are bound to be gay, 
"We darkies are bound to be gay. 
• Pete. Now, boys, I swear it's too bad. You all know that I am aa 
good a barber as there is in the State of Virginia, and yet old Jake Brum- 
mel won't give his consent to my marrying his daughter Dinah, and all 
because I won't learn the whitewashing business. 
Joe. You're too much of a dandy for a white washer. 
Pete. Well, I should rather think I was. Now, who do you think he 
wants her to marry ? 

Tom. Why, me to be sure. {All la.ugh.) 

Pete. No, siree ; nobody but that fool, Ikey, his apprentice. Now 
Dinah loves me and I love Dinah, so I want you boys to help me get her. 
All. To be sure we will. 

Pete. .Good ! now I'll tell you my plan. The old man is fond of his 
toddy, but very seldom takes an over dose. Here's a bottle of drugged 
whiskey, which if 1 can get Dinah to give him he won't be sober long ; 
then we must have a serenade to fool the neighbors while I steal Dinah, 
run off and get married. 
All. Hurrah for Pete 1 

Pete. Now, boys, if we can only manage this we'll have a jolly wed- 
ding, with plenty to eat and drink. {Song and dance. All dance the same 
steps. At end of song and dance Brummel heard outside.) 
Brum, {outside, u. e. l.). Come along, Ikey I 

Pete. Get out of the way, boys, here comes old Brummel. {All retire r. 
and L.) 

Enter Brummel and Ikey, u. e. l. Ikey has a ivhitewash bucket and brush. 

Brum. Come along, Ikey, come along ; you'll never be a master of your 
trade if you don't follow my example. 

Ikey. Dat's just what I want to do ; eat, drink, sleep and have fine 
clothes, and make the other nigs do all the work. 



4 DEEDS OF DARKNESS. 

Brum. How dare you talk to your intended father-in-law ? {Duet Brum. 
andlK-EY.) (2.) 

Bruai. Now, Ikey, pay attention 

And I'll make a mechanic of you. 
Ikey. To tlie devil with all this contention, 

So that I get my work through. 
Brum. (Spoken). Hold your tongue, sir ! (Sings.) 
Sing it as I sung it before — 
I'll make a mechanic of you. 
. Ikey. I'll sing it as I sung ii before, 

So til at I get my work through. 
Brum. Now, I am the elder and maker of the laws. 
Ikey. And I am the younger, so I'll sing it as I see cause. 
Brum. (Sjjoken.) Now, I don't want to quarrel with you, so you had 
better join in the chorus. 

(Sings.) Sing fal, de dal, lal di day 
(Pete and others echo). Fal de dal, lal di day. 
Brum. (Spoken.) Ikey, was that you ? 
Ikey. No, siree. 

Brum. Oh, I thought it was— well. (Sings). 
Fal de dal, &c. 

2d Verse. 

Brum. Now if you love my girl * 

There's a chance that you may get her. 
Ikey. I love her very well. 

But I love whiskey better. 
Brum. (Spoken.) How dare you talk in that disrespectful manner of my 
daughter, sir ? (Strikes Ikey iviih cane. Sings.) 
Sing it as I sung it before — 
There's a chance that you may get her. 
Ikey. I'll sing it, as I sung it before. 
That I love whiskey better. 
Brum. (Spoken.) Oh, you rascal (strikes Ikey) ; join in the chorus. 

(Sings.) Fal do dal, di day, 
(Pete and others echo.) Fal di dal, di day. 
Brum. (Spoken). Will you keep time, sir ? (Strikes Ikey.) 
Ikey. It wasn't me. 
Brum. Oh, I thought it was— well. (Sings). Fal de dal, di day. 

(During the duet Pete and Dinah 2^(intomime to each other ; Dinah lets a 
string down from the window ; Pete ties black bottle to it, which Dinah 
draws in at the window; Brummel twrns and sees Pete. 

Brum. Hello, you, Pete ! what are you doing prowling about my house ; 
didn't I tell you that if I caught you here again I'd break your back ? 

^ Pete. Well, but Mr. Brummel, you know I can't keep away. I should 
die if I didn't see Dinah once in awhUe. 

Brum. Well, die, and the devil take care of you, you ugly black serpent ; 
you lather and shave'em nigger ; you pot of soap suds ; you curtailer ob de 
capillary substance ; ye louse trap. (Backs up against Ikey ; turns and throws 
him into the whiteioash bucket). Get out of my way I (Pete gets between 
Brummel and the house. Quartet.) 



DEEDS OP DARKNESS. % 

Pete. (3.) Jake Brummel keep your temper 
And listen unto me, 
For Dinah, your daughter, 
My bride will surely be ! 
Although I have no money 

She loves me just the same 
As if I were a hero, 

With both wealth and fame 
So Dine, dear Dine, I'm bound to make you mine, 
And if I had but wealth enough in diamonds you should shine. 
Dinah (at the window.) 

I'm thine, I'm thine, while sun and moon doth shine. 
Oh, yes, my dearest Pete, I swear I'm fondly thine! 
Brum. My Dine, my Dine, she never shall be thine. 

For Pete, I plainly tell you, you're no son-in-law of mine. 
Ikey (m the bucket). 

I'm dying, I'm dying, T believe I'm surely dying. 
For since I kicked the bucket I know I must be dying. 
2d Verse. 
Ikey. Now cut your stick from here, 
You dirty shaving whelp I 
If I catch you around dis house 

I'll call police for help ; 
Though I know they'll never come 

If they think there is a fight. 
For generally one half's asleep, 
"While the other half is tight. 
( Chorus as before. Brummel takes Ikey hy the ear and kicks Mm into the 
house as scene closes.) 

Scene. II. — Gharr'her in 1st grooves. Enter Dinah with bottle R. 1 e. 
Dinah. So this is the magical bottle that is to work wonders with my 
father. Well, I hope it will, for I never can marry that fool, Ikey, and I 
don't love any one but my dear Pcjte. Oh, here comes father I 
Enter Brummel l. 1 e. 
Brum. This is a nice how do you do. Tell me to my face that he will 
marry my daughter, the black' rascal! {Seeing Dinah.) Hello! what are 
you doing there, miss ? 
Dinah. Nothing, sir. 

Brum. Well, go and do nothing somewhere else. 
Dinah. I want to put the window up, sir. 

Brum. If you do I'll put you down. I know what you want ; you're look- 
ing for that saucy barber chap ; but don't let me catch him here again, 
or I'll strap him worse than he does his razors. Do you suppose I'll 
let you marry a shaving brush like him — not that I dishke brushes, but 
there's no brush like a whitewash brush. So you shall marry Ikey and 
nobody else. 

Dinah. But I don't love Ikey, and Ikey don't love me. 
Brum. I don't care ; so go ! get I leave I Stop ! get me some supper and 
some whiskey, and while it's getting ready I'll read the newspapers. 
Dinah. Yes sir. (Aside.) Now's the time for Pete's bottle, ^Exit L. 
Brum. That's a good girl if her head hadn't beea barberized. Her poor 
dead mother saw no beauty in anything but whitewash. [Exit R. H. 



6 DEEDS OP DARKNESS. 

E^iter Ikey loith havjo and chair, L. 1 E. 

Ikey. If dac Pete comes here again I'll eat him widout salt. Now dat 
work's ober guess I can have some fun. {Banjo solo.) [Exit r. 1 e. 

Scene. III. — Kitchen in 3d grooves; Table C. with blanket and ironing 
materials; two chairs R. and l. ; flour barrel^ with the lower half of the 
back staves cut out, r. 2 e. ; set closet, l. 2 e. ; pitcher of saivdusi on 
table ; paper of flour in barrel ; Dinah discovered ironing, c. 

Dinah. Father is enjoying his supper and I hope he will take a liking 
to the bottle — I have left the back door open, so that if Pete comes we can 
have an hour's quiet chat together. 

Enter Ikey unperceived, l. 1 e., and goes behind Dinah. 

Dinah. Dear Pete, I do love him so much. 

Ikey. Do you ? (Dinah screams.) If I catch dat nigger around here I'll 
bust his d — d head wide open. 

Dinah. You nasty black skunk, if you don't leave this kitchen I'll scald 
all the wool off your head. 

Ikey. I don't care if you does, you've got to marry me anyhow. 

Dinah. Well, so I will, Ikey — I was only fooling wid you — so shut your 
eyes and I'll give you a kiss. 

Ikey. What will you do ? What, right square in de mouth ? 

Dinah. Yes, right in de mouth. 

Ikey. Then here goes. {Shuts his eyes, Dinah puts smoothing iron on 
Ms lips. Ikey screams and rmis offi.. 1 E., Dinah rubbing his back with the 
iron. Pete jjeeps in at door in flat.) 

Pete. Dinah dear, can I come in ? 

Dinah. Hal ha 1 hal Yes, Pete, come in. I've just got rid of that fool 
Ikey. So come and tell me how much you love me. 

Ikey. {outside). I'll have revenge. Just wait till your father gets sober. 

Dinah. Oh, Pete 1 here comes that nuisance again ; just step into that 
closet until I can get rid of him. {Puts Pete into closet l. 2 e.) 

Enter Ikey l. 1 e. with the black off of his mouth. 

Ikey. Now, you she devil, I've been told your father, but he's so drunk 
guess he don't know what I was saying. 

Dinah. Never mind, Ikey, I didn't mean to do it — let's make up. 

Ikey. I shan't. You want to play some other trick on me — I knowyou. 
Wait till you're married to me and I'll pay you off for all this. {Aside.) That 
Pete's somewhere around dis house; if I only catch him I'll turn him in- 
side out. Goodnight, Dinah. {Going t>..) 

Dinah. Good night, Ikey. {As Dinah turns to go to table Ikey slips into 
the flour barrel r. 2 e. ; Dinah looks around the stage ; opens closet door l. 2 E.) 

Enter Pete. 

Dinah, Come along, Pete, all is quiet . Father's drunk and Ikey's gone 
to bed. 

Pete. Then the whiskey took effect, and I am 

Ikey. {in barrel) A d — d rascal. 

Pete. Dinah, that's hard language for you to use to me. 

Dinah, I didn't speak. 

Ikey {in barrel). You lie ! 



DEEDSOPDARKNESS. T 

Dinah. How uare you speak to me in that manner 

Pete. It wasn't me. 

Dinah. Now, Pete. 

Ikey {in barrel). Oh, go to the devil I 

Pete. This is too bad. {Chord. Pete goes up and down stage, r. 
Dinah up and down stage, l. Ikey hobs up and down in the barrel. All 
sing.) 

(Pete and Dinah sing iioice. 4.) 

This is disgraceful, ungrateful and hateful. 

What have I done that you should treat me so ? 

(Ikey sings twice.) 

This is delightful, revengeful and spiteful. 
I'll let you know why I should treat you so. 

{After 2d time Buj ah sits in chair i., crying; Pete sits on the edge of 
the barrel, Ikey sticks him with a pin.) 

Pete. Oh, Dinah, Dinah, there is some one in the barrel! (Dinah takes 
pitcher of saivdust from table and Pets poMrs it into barrel] Ikey raises and 
bloivs flour into Pete's /ace — all scream. Close in. 

Scene IV. — Chamber in 1st grooves ; enter Ikey l. 1 e. drunk, with black 

bottle. 

Ikey. When I went up stairs to tell the old man about Dinah I found 
dis bottle of whiskey. {Drinks.) Dat's good. I never get groggy. Take 
this up to bed — nip up — oh, I guess not. {Drunken song and dance, and 
exit R. 1 E.) 

Scene V. — Same as Scene I; dark stage ; Pete, Joe, Tom, Sam and others 

discovered. 

Pete. Now, gently boys, strike up something. I suppose the old man's 
fast asleep by this time. {Serenade by Company ; enter Jake in nightgovm 
and cap with^nstol, from set house; all retire to the loings ; Dinah at window.) 
Ikey, Hallo dar, you devils, howling around de house. {Hie.) I swear 
I thought I heard somebody trying to sing. (Pete kicks him.) Who's 
that throwing stones? Stop, I tell you, little boys. {Goes up to cottage; 
Dinah throws flour over him.) Hallo 1 I'm blest if it isn't snowing and I 
haven't got my umbrella. {Hie.) They shan't fool me, no siree. {Hie). I'll 
keep guard here to-night and watch 'em. {Lays doionby cottage door ; enter 
Pete and others with ladder l. 1 e. ; Ikey snores, they fall back two or three 
times, then laughing Chorus.) 

Joe. (5) Is not this a jolly sell. {All.) Ha! ha! 

Pete's going to steal his girl. {All.) Ha! ha! 
But no one here must tell. {All) Ha! ha! 
But no one here must tell. {All.) Ha! ha! {Repeat.) 
-Pete {on the ladder). 

Just hear young Ikey snore. {All.) Ha ! ha ! 
Don't make such an uproar. {AIQ Ha! hal 
I'll come down by the door. {All.) Ha I ha ! 
I'll come down by the door. {All.) Hal ha! ha! {Repeat.) 
Pete and Dinah enter from cottage door. 



8 nE£D S OF DA UK NESS. 

Dinah, I got the old man tight. (All.) Ha ! ha ! 
Pete. My darUng, that was right. (All.) Hal ha! 
'Twill aid us la our flight. (All.) Hal ha! 
'Twill aid us in our flight. (Ail.) Ha I ha ! ha ! (Repeat.) 

[All exit laughing l. 1 e. ; Brummel at the tvindow. 
Brum. Murder! murder! thieves! fire! somebody I nobody! anybody! 
They have stolen my daughter (Ikey Jires pistol; Brum, falls from 
ladder ; both roll to footlights fighting.) 

Ikey. Hallo, Boss, is that you ? lefs shake. 

Enter Pete and others l. 1 k 

Pete, Mr. Brummel, we arrest you for the murder of your daughter. 

Ikey. Yes, I saw him do it ; he throwed her out of de window, and I 
got shot in de neck. 

Brum. No ! not me — it was Ikey. I heard him fire de pistol. 

Ikey. Me! it's a lie. Ask her if I killed her. Oh! oh! I shall be 
hung — I always thought I should. Oh, Pete, I wish I had given her up 
to j'-ou. 

Pete. 'Tis too late now; but if she were alive, Mr. Brummel, would 
you give her to me ? 

Brum. Yes, anything to stop this trouble. 

Pete. Then I take you at your word. Come here, Mrs. Pete ? (Enter 
Dinah, l. 1 e.) Now thank your father. 

Brum. My daughter — the devil ! 

Ikey. No, that's your other daughter. 

Dinah. Dear Ikey ! 

Ikey. Get out ! I thought you was dead. 

Pete. Well, never mind, Ikey, I've a splendid bottle of whiskey for you. 

Ikey. Well, dat's better to me than the girl ; and what will be must be, 
so let's all be happy ! 

(Chorus — "Dinah's wedding." Dance and end.) 



STAGE DIRECTIONS. 

R means Right of Stage, facing the Audience; L. Left; C. Centre; R. C. Right 
of Centre ; L. C. Left of Centre. D. F. Door in the Flat; or Scene running across 
the back of the Stage; C. D. F. Centre Door in the Flat; R. D. F. Right Door in 
the Flat; L. D. F. Left Door in the Flat; R. D. Right Door; L. D. Left Door; 1 B. 
First Entrance; 2 E. Second Entrance; U. E. Upp«r Entrance; 1, 2 or 3 G. Firsts 
Second or Third Grooves. 

E. B.C. C. L.C. L. 



DE WITT'S ACTING PLAYS, 



g:W Please iwtice that nearly all the Comedies, Farces and Comediettas i?i the following 
hst {/"De Witt's Acting Plays" a?^e very suitable foi' representation in sinall Amateur Thea- 
tres and on Parlor. Stages, as th£y need but little extrinsic aid from complicated scenery or 
expensive costumes. They have attained their deserved popularity by their droll situations 
excellent x>iots, great humor and brillia?it dialogues, no less than by the fact that they are the 
most perfect in every respect of any edition of plays ever published either in the United States 
or Europe, whether as regards purity of the text, accuracy and fulness of stage directions and 
scenery, or elegance of typography and clearness of j^rinting. 

*** In ordering please copy thejiguy^es at the commencement of each i)iece, which indicate 
the number of the piece in "De Witt's List of Acting- Plays." 

'^^ Any of the foUoioing Plays sent, postage free, on receipt of price — 15 

cents each. 

Address, ROBERT M. DE WITT, 

JVo. 33 Hose Street, JVetf York. 



The figure following the name of the Play denotes the number of 
Acts. The figures in the columns indicate the number of characters — K. male ; 
F. female. 



No. 

75. 
114. 
167. 

93. 

40. 

89. 
192. 
16«. 

41. 
141. 

67. 

36. 
160. 

70. 
179. 

25. 

24. 
1. 



55. 



65. 

68. 

76. 
149. 
121. 
107. 
152. 

52. 
148. 

113. 
199. 



16. 

58. 
125. 

71. 
142. 



Adrienne, drama, 3 acts 7 

Anything for a Change, comedy, 1 3 

Apple Blossoms, comedy, 3 acts 7 

Area Belle (The), force, 1 act 3 

Atchi, comedietta, 1 act 3 

Aunt Charlotte's iMaid, farce. 1 act. . 3 
Game of Cards (A), comedietta, 1 3 
Bardell vs. Pickwick, sketch, 1 act. 6 

Beautiful Forever, farce, 1 act 2 

Bells (The), drama, 3 acts 9 

Birthplace of Podgers, farce, 1 act . . 7 

Black Sheep, drama, 3 acts 7 

Blow for Blow, drama, 4 acts 11 

Bonnie Fish Wife, farce, 1 act 3 

Breach of Promise,, drama, 2 acts.. 5 
Broken-Hearted Club, comedietta, 1 4 

Cabman, No. 93, farce, 1 act . 2 

Caste, comedy, 3 acts 5 

Caught by the Cuff, farce, 1 act 4 

Cast upon the World, drama, 5 acts. 10 
Catharine Howard, historical play, 

3 acts 12 

Charming pair, farce, 1 act 4 

Checkmate, comedy, 2 acts 6 

Chevalier de St. George, drama, 3 9 
Chops of the Channel, farce, 1 act. 3 

Clouds, comedy, 4 acts 8 

Comical Countess, farce, 1 act 3 

Cupboard Love, farce, 1 act 2 

Cupid's Eye-Glass, comedy, 1 act... 1 

Cup of Tea, comedietta, 1 act 3 

Cut off with a Shilling, comedietta, 

1 act 2 

CyrilFs Success, comedy, 5 acts 10 

Captain of the Watch (The), come- 
dietta, 1 act 4 

Daddy Gray, drama, 3 acts 8 

Dandelion's Dodges, farce, 1 act 4 

David (iarrick, comedy, 3 acts 8 

Dearest Mamma, comedietta, 1 act, 4 

Dearer than Life, drama, 3 acts 6 

Deborah (Leah) drama, 3 acts 7 

Deerfoot, farce. 1 act 5 

Doing for the Best, drama, 2 acts.. 5 
Dollars and Cents, comedy, 3 acts. . 9 



131. 

28. 

151. 

8. 

180. 

19. 

60. 
187. 
174. 

64. 
190. 
191. 
197. 

18. 

116. 

129. 
159. 
122. 
177. 
100. 
139. 
17. 



(2. 



Dreams, drama, 5 acts 6 

Duchess de la Valliere, play, 5 acts. . 6 

Easy Shaving, farce, 1 act 5 

Everybody's Friend, comedy, 3 acts. 6 

Estranged, an operetta, 1 act 2 

Faust and Marguerite, drama, 3 acts, 9 
Fearful Tragedy in the Seven Dials, 

interlude, 1 act 4 

Female Detective, drama, 3 acts..!!ll 

Fernande, drama, 3 acts 11 

Fifth Wheel, comedy, 3 acts 10 

First Love, comedy, 1 act 4 

Foiled, drama. 4 acts 9 

Founded on Facts, farce, 1 act. . ! 4 

Garrick Fever, farce, 1 act 7 

Gertrude's Money Box, farce, 1 act. 4 
Golden Fetter (Fettered), drama, 3 11 
Goose with the Golden Eggs, farce, 

1 act 5 

Go to Putney, farce, 1 act 4 

Happy Pair, comedietta, 1 act 1 

Hard Case (A), farce, 1 act 2 

Henry Dunbar, drama, 4 acts 10 

Henry the Fifth, historical play, 5 38 

He's a Lunatic, farce, 1 act 3 

Hidden Hand, drama, 4 acts 5 

His Own Enemy, farce, 1 act 4 

Home, comedy, 3 acts 4 

Household Fairy, sketch, 1 act 1 

Hunting the Slipper, farce, 1 act. . . . 4 

High C, comedietta, 1 act 4 

Hunchback (The), play, 5 acts 14 

If I Had a Thousand a Year, farce, 

1 act 4 

I'm Not Mesilf at All, original Irish 

stew, 1 act 3 

In for a Holiday, farce, 1 act 2 

In the Wrong House, farce, 1 act. . . 4 

Isabella Orsini, drama, 4 acts 11 

I Shall Invite the Major, comedy, 1 4 

Jack Long, drama, 2 acts 9 

Joy is Dangerous, comedy, 2 acts. . . 3 

Kind to a Fault, comedy, 2 acts 6 

Lady of Lyons, play, 5 acts 12 

Lame Excuse, farce, 1 act 4 



DE WITT'S ACTING PLAYS (Continued). 



No. 
144. 

34. 
137. 
111. 
119. 
165. 

48. 

32. 
164. 
109. 

85. 

87. 
143. 
189. 
163. 
154. 



7. 

49. 

15. 

46. 

51. 
184. 
108. 
188. 
169. 
130. 

92. 
193. 

140. 

115. 
2. 

57. 
104. 
112. 
185. 

84. 
117. 

171. 
14. 

173. 
176. 

90. 
170. 

33. 



66. 

172. 

94. 

45. 
155. 
178. 

147. 
156. 

82. 
127. 

23. 

62. 



Lancashire Lass, melodrama, 5 acts. 12 
Larkins' Love Letters, farce, 1 act.. 3 

L' Article 47, drama, 3 acts 11 

Liar (The), comedy, 2 acts 7 

Life Chase, drama, 5 acts 14 

Living Statue (Tlie), farce, 1 act 3 

Little Annie's Birthday, farce, 1 act. 2 

Little Rebel, farce, 1 act 4 

Little Kuby, drama, 3 acts 6 

Locked In, comedietta, 1 act 2 

Locked In with a Lady, sketch, 1 act. 1 

Locked Out, comic scene 1 

Lodgers and Dodgers, farce, 1 act.. 4 
Leap Year, musical duality, 1 act. . . 1 

Marcoretti, drama, 3 acts 10 

Maria and Magdalena, play, 4 acts . 8 
Marriage at Any Price, farce, 1 act. 5 
Master Jones' Birthday, farce, 1 act. 4 

Maud's Peril, drama, 4 acts 5 

Midnight Watch, drama, 1 act 8 

Milky White, drama, 2 acts 4 

Miriam's Crime, drama, 3 acts 5 

Model of a Wife, farce, 1 act 3 

Money, comedy, 5 acts 17 

Mr. Scroggins, farce, 1 act 3 

Mr. X., farce, 1 act 3 

My Uncle's Suit, farce, 1 act 4 

My Wife's Diary, farce, 1 act 3 

My Wife's Out, farce, 1 f>ct 2 

My Walking Photograph, musical 

duality, 1 act 1 

Never Keckon Your Chickens, etc., 

farce, 1 act 3 

New Men and Old Acres, comedy, 3 8 

Nobody's Child, drama, 3 acts 8 

Noemie, drama, 2 acts 4 

No Name, drama, 5 acts 7 

Not a Bit Jealous, farce, 1 act 3 

Not So Bad as We Seem, play, 5 acts. 14 

Not Guilty, drama, 4 acts 10 

Not Such a Fool as He Looks, drama, 

3 acts 5 

Nothing Like Paste, farce, 1 act 3 

No Thoroughfare, drama, 5 acts and 

prologue 13 

Off the Stage, comedietta, 1 act 3 

On Bread aiid Water, farce, 1 act. . . 1 

Only a Halfpenny, farce, 1 act 2 

Only Somebody, farce, 1 act 4 

One too Many for Him, farce, 1 act. 2 

£100,000, comedy, 3 acts 8 

Orange Blossoms, comedietta, 1 act. 3 
Orange Girl, drama, in prologue 

and 3 acts 18 

Oars, comedy, 3 acts 6 

Our Clerks, farce, 1 act 7 

Our Domestics, comedy farce, 2 acts 6 
Our Heroes, military play, 5 acts. . .24 
Out at Sea, drama in prologue and 

4 acts 16 

Overland Route, comedy, 3 acts 11 

Peace at Any Price, farce, 1 act 1 

Peep o' Day, drama, 4 acts 12 

Peggy Green, farce, 1 act 3 10 

Petticoat Parliament, extravaganza, 

in one act 15 24 

Photographic Fix, farce, 1 act 3 2 

A COMPLETE 



No. M. 

61. Plot and Passion, drama, 3 acts 7 

138. Poll and Partner Jce, burlesque, 1 
act 10 

110. Poppleton's Predicaments, farce, 1 3 

50. Porter's Knot, drama, 2 acts 8 

59. Post Boy, drama, 2 acts 5 

95. Pretty Horse-Breaker, farce, 1 act . . 3 

181 and 182. Queen Mary, drama, 4 acts.38 

157. Quite at Home, comedietta, 1 act. . . 5 
196. Queerest Courtship (The), comic op 

eretta, 1 act 1 

132. Race for a Dinner, farce, 1 act 10 

183. Richelieu, play, 5 acts 16 

38. Rightful Heir, drama, 5 acts 10 

77. Roll of the Drum, drama, 3 acts 8 

13. Ruy Bias, drama, 4 acts 12 

194. Rum, drama, 3 acts 7 

195. Rosemi Shell, travesty, 1 act, 4 

scenes 6 

158. School, comedy, 4 acts 6 

79. Sheep in Wolf's Clothing, drama, 1 7 

37. Silent Protector, farce, 1 act 3 

35. Silent Woman, farce, 1 act 2 

43. Sisterly Service, comedietta, 1 act.. 7 
6. Six Months Ago, comedietta, 1 act. 2 

10. Snapping Turtles, duologue, 1 act.. 1 

26. Society, comedy, 3 acts 16 

78. Special Performances, farce, 1 act. . 7 
31. Taming a Tiger, farce, 1 act 3 

150. Tell-Tale Heart, comedietta, 1 act. . 1 2 
120. Tempest in a Teapot, comedy, 1 act. 2 1 
146. There's no Smoke Without Fire, 

comedietta, 1 act 1 2 

83. Thrice Married, personation piece, 

lact 6 1 

42. Time and the Hour, drama, 3 acts. . 7 3 

27. Time and Tide, drama, 3 acts and 

prologue 7 5 

133. Timothy to the Rescue, farce, 1 act. 4 2 
153. 'Tis Better to Live than to Die, 

farce, 1 act 2 1 

134. Tompkins the Troubadour, farce, 13 2 
29. Turning the Tables, farce, 1 act. ... 5 3 

168. Tweedie's Rights, comedy, 2 acts.. 4 2 

126. Twice Killed, farce, 1 act 6 3 

56. Two Gay Deceivers, farce, 1 act 3 

123. Two Polts, farce, 1 act 4 4 

198. Twin Sisters (The), comic operetta, 

I act 3 1 

162. Uncle's Will, comedietta, 1- act 2 1 

106. Up for the Cattle Show, farce, 1 act. 6 2 
81. Vandyke Brown, farce, 1 act 3 3 

124. Volunteer Review, farce, 1 act 6 6 

91. Walpole, comedy, 3 acts 7 2 

118. Wanted, a Young Lady, farce, 1 act. 3 

44. War to the Knife, comedy, 3 acts. . . 5 4 
105. Which ofthe Two? comedietta, lact 2 10 

98. Who is Who? farce, 1 act. 3 2 

12. Widow Hunt, comedy, 3 acts 4 4 

5. William Tell with a Vengeance, 

burlesque 8 2 

136. Woman in Red, drama, 3 acts and 

prologue 6 

161. Woman's Vows and Mason's Oaths, 

4 acts 10 4 

11. Woodcock's Little Game, farce, 2 4 4 
54. Young Collegian (Cantab.), farce, 13 3 

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